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Pareiorhina rudolphi

Pareiorhina rudolphi

Classification

Pareiorhina rudolphi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish is endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy Pareiorhina rudolphi was first formally described as Plecostomus (Rhinelepis) microps in 1907 by the Brazilian biologist and fish culturist Rodolpho von Ihering with its type locality given as Piquete (Lorena), upper reaches of rio Paraíba do Sul basin in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 22